During the most recent event of Overwatch 2 Added a skin that some consider a pay-to-lose cosmetic, due to how much noise it supposedly makes.
You see, that new skin was for Widowmaker and turns her into Medusa to fit in with the theme of Greek legends at the event Battle for Olympus of gameplay, featuring a version of Medusa complete with hissing snakes for hair. They are those snakes that some feel are too loud for their own good, but others are inclined to think there is nothing to worry about.
The fuss about the appearance of Medusa Widowmaker It started when competitive FPS player Kephrii shared the clip below showing a Widowmaker walking around while wearing the skin, where they claim that occasional hissing can be heard in the video when in close proximity to another Widowmaker.
It’s true that you can hear snakes, but others are skeptical about the problem it actually poses. Those on the other side of the issue have pointed out that with everything going on in an Overwatch 2 match in the first place, from heroes stomping to ability effects and calls, no one is going to pay attention to a few whistles anyway, just Who are those noises coming from?
Widowmaker by design wants to be pretty far from the enemy team anyway, so if you hear those snakes near you, someone is probably wrong somewhere.
It is not uncommon for skins to be adjusted post-launch in games whenever there is an issue with them that could affect competitive integrity. We have seen that this happened with the masks of call of duty in the past, so there is reason to believe that this might also fit.
well only if Blizzard considers this “pay to lose” scenario problem enough to take action. However, the developer has not yet said anything about it, so it is unknown if something will be done or not.
